Kae
Elle Wheeler (a.k.a. Kathy L Wheeler) has a BA in Management Information
Systems with 40 hours of vocal music credits. She is a computer programmer and
software expert by day, also utilizes karaoke to fulfill some of her artistic
needs. She is a member of several RWA chapters including The Beau Monde, DARA
and OKRWA. She is an avid sports fan for NFL and NBA, theater buff, and loves
to travel.
Everyone
knows how awful the stepmother was to Cinderella. What we don't know is why. Even
in the first three books of my Cinderella Series, Hilda is truly evil. Her goal
is to kill Cinderella and have one of her own daughters marry the prince. Why,
she would be mother to the future Queen of Chalmers. What is truly sad is that
Lady Hildegard Marit Benegoir did not start out mean and vindictive. Oh, sure,
she was a little spoiled, very temperamental, but what young woman of noble
birth in a small community was not?
The
Price of Scorn
- book iv shows a path gone so far awry, there was no turning
back—a hellish journey of survival. This heartbreaking story is no fairy tale. Here
are five of Hilda’s deepest secrets.
Five
Secrets From The Price of Scorn ~
book iv, Cinderella's Evil Stepmother
1) Lady Hildegard Marit Benegoir
fell in love with the man of her dreams when she was but fifteen. Of course,
the man was completely unsuitable. He was a prime horse trainer for the Alsace region
of France. (Set In Stone - Anna Markland 6-Jun-2014)
And to his credit, Pierre Tasse resisted her for two long years.
2) Hilda suffered two miscarriages,
both of which were male, before finally giving birth to her cherished
daughters, Pricilla Louise and Esmeralda.
3) Hilda witnessed her mother's
murder right by none other than her own father.
4) Her name: "Hildegard"
which is of German descent means battle guard. And her lover lovingly referred
to her as "his little battle-guard." It's sweet actually.
5) Hilda married Lord Roche,
Cinderella's papa, out of desperation and spite. Both of which, backfire.
The Price of Scorn Blurb:
Fourteen years after Esmeralda's marriage to Alessandro de Lecce, the birth of Pricilla's son, Jean-Luc, and Prince Charming's and Cinderella's coronation as King and Queen of Chalmers Kingdom, Lady Hildeguard Marit Benegoir-Simmon-Roch lies upon her death bed.
Hilda has never forgiven Cinderella for stealing Prince Charming from Esmeralda. But in a story of heartbreak, the sisters learn how tragedy and scorn shaped their mother's life into the woman she became. The question is: Can they forgive her?
To Buy The Price of Scorn go to:
The
Price of Scorn - book is is not yet available, but its predecessors are!
The
Wronged Princess - book i http://www.amazon.com/Wronged-Princess-book-Cinderella-ebook/dp/B007MF3NK0/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1411424961&sr=1-4&keywords=kae+elle+wheeler
The
Unlikely Heroine - book ii http://www.amazon.com/The-Unlikely-Heroine-Cinderella-Series-ebook/dp/B00819H9KG/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZAD5S92G0Q6J5BXZ2Q1
The Surprising
Enchantress - book iii http://www.amazon.com/The-Surprising-Enchantress-Cinderella-Series-ebook/dp/B00CFN92RC/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0QMGWMXNPEMF28TBX3CX
You
can find Kathy at:
@kathylwheeler
http://kathylwheeler.com
Thanks
for checking out Kathy and her secrets. If you have any comments or questions, Kathy
will be around to answer them today.
And
don’t forget to check back next Thursday to find out even more author secrets
about their book.
Thanks so much for having me Beverley. Great blog site!
ReplyDeleteAhhh, intriguing! I love how you're showing us the events that led up to the evil stepmother being the cruel person we know her to be. Sort of like Wicked shows us how the wicked witch came to be so mean. Love it! Best of luck...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Alicia! Working diligently!!!
DeleteWow, Kathy! I love how you gave this story a good twist. Congratulations, girl. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vicki. It's tough, because the HEA is not so apparent.
DeleteFascinating take on the tale of Cinderella. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anna~ you are forever the positive!
DeleteVery cool. Did you start out knowing her background or did it come to you as you wrote the other books?
ReplyDeleteIts actually the prequel to the series. I didn't really know her background until I started writing it. I just knew how she turned out.
DeleteWhat a great idea. It just goes to show you that even someone as evil as the mean stepmother had a heart in there somewhere!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I love when we are given the opportunity to see the "other side" of evil. Because there always is another side. Excellent, reveal, Kathy. I can't wait to read it!
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